• artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitraqnsparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough Material for a dress"
• things needed for doing or making something; "writing Materials"; "useful teaching Materials"
• information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form; "the archives provided rich Material for a definitive biography"
• a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university Material"; "she was vice-presidential Material"
• the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black Material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
• having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare
• derived from or composed of matter; "the Material universe"
• having Material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett
• directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a Material difference"; "evidence Material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called Material facts"; "a Material witness"
• concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "Material needs"; "the moral and Material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt
• concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "Material possessions"; "Material wealth"; "Material comforts"

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